FORGET THE TSUNAMI OF 2011 WHICH ROCKED JAPAN AND HIT SANTA CRUZ CAUSING CLOSE TO 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES THERE. TONIGHT: A NEW TSUNAMI REPORT RELEASED SHOWS IF A MONSTER EARTHQUAKE STRUCK OFF ALASKA'S COAST- THE TWO CALIFORNIA AREAS YOU SEE IN YELLOW WOULD BE MOST DAMAGED... LOS ANGELES AND SANTA CRUZ.### SEISMOLOGITS SAY THE SCENARIO OF A 9.1 QUAKE AMOUNTS TO ABOUT FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAN THE 20-11 TSUNAMI. ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ IS LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ WITH MORE ON TODAY'S STUDY.# THE GOAL OF THE STUDY IS RISK REDUCTION - AND IN SANTA CRUZ, THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT. SCIENTIST USED A MODEL OF THE 19-64 ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN THEIR STUDY IT'S BASED ON A HYPOTHETICAL MAGNITUDE NINE-POINT ONE JOLT OFF THE ALASKAN PENISULA. Its very dependent on what happens on the open coast. It's very dependent on the tides. if it hits low tide it's not going to be as much inundation as much damage but if it hits at high tide then there couldbe more TWO YEAR'S AGO, A TSUNMI FROM JAPAN STRUCK THE SANTA CRUZ HARBOR, PARALYZING BUSINESSES, FISHERMEN, AND BOATERS TOM MCLARENS BOAT, OUT 'N BOUT, TRAVELLED UNMANNED UP AND DOWN THE HARBOR. I'm not surprised by anyting when it comes to a tsunami. the last one was devistating, as far as preparedness. i wan't mentally prepared and when that Happen I was running up and down like a crazy man. Soif you had a much larger tsunami especially one that hits at high tide you'd have floods going to low lying buidlings like this building where were at right now, its in the zone. you'd likely have much more mud. Greater economic damage. Outlines in the pink area are the Tszunami zones... THE EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SAYS THE REPORT HELPS, BUT SO DOES THE 2011 EXPERIENCE. IF A TSUNAMI IS IMMINENT, THEY SAY THEY'RE PREPARED TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARMS WAY In the scenerio we're looking at about 7000 people who would be evacuated from a ... similar to waht we did in 2011 tsunami. The message that needs to get out is we'll have time,many hours, the tsunami moves at the speed of a jet airliner, so we'll know that this particular tsunmi the one generated in alaska is coming towards us just get out of harms way. THE REPORT ALSO CONCLUDED THAT NEITHER THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION IN SAN CLEMENTE NOR THE DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO WOULD BE LIKELY DAMAGED BY THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. U-S-G-S SCIENTISTS PLAN TO DISCUSS THE REPORT'S FINDINGS TO STAKEHOLDERS IN PLAN TO DISCUSS THE REPORT'S FINDINGS TO STAKEHOLDERS IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES LIKE SANTA CRUZ AT A PUBLIC WORKSHOP SERIES STARTING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH IN THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENTS COMMUNITY ROOM... ONE P-M UNTIL 4:30.# IN PACIFIC GROVE